government securities trading in tokyo and london as well. joining us on the phone to talk about that and more is sifma president and ceo, tim ryan. thanks for joining us here. >> thanks for being there. actually, both you, bill, and maria. >> your feeling is if they don't trade in new york, they shouldn't trade dollar-denominated currencies around the world. >> our recommendation was to close early today at noon. we chose to do it at noon principally because there were treasury auctions scheduled today. we wanted to get those finished. we recommended a close tomorrow. >> what about this cme report just moments ago that says overnight trading will happen at 7 p.m. tonight. how does that play into everything? i guess we want your take on the overall impact of a full market shutdown, like we're seeing, and what you're recommendation. >> well, remember, we recommend to our member firms, so they'll make the decision on cme on their own. typically when we make a recommendation because it's coordinated with the regulators globely, the firm spots th